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FitzRandolph Observatory

FitzRandolph Observatory

Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.

Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Grounds & Buildings, MP57

This flurry of construction might have continued indefinitely but for the onset of the Depression. By the time Harold Dodds *14 succeeded Hibben as president in 1933, the University was in no financial position to undertake any significant construction projects. Indeed, the final two buildings of the interwar years, the FitzRandolph Observatory ...